Shelter Advocate II - St Paul Opportunity Center
Shelter Advocate II - St Paul Opportunity Center
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Job Description
Are you passionate about creating opportunities for people to thrive
Catholic Charities is the place for you!
Shelter Advocate II
Saint Paul Opportunity Center
Shift Times:
Position 1: MF 9am5:30pm
Position 2: TuSa 9am5:30pm
The mission of Catholic Charities Twin Cities is to serve those most in need and to advocate for justice in the community.
Our programs for children families and adults serve more than 25000 people every year. As the need for our services grows Catholic Charities is working to adapt and respond with strategies that prevent poverty meet basic needs in times of crisis and create pathways to greater stability.
WAGE RANGE:$19.00$21 Hourly
JOB SUMMARY:Catholic Charities is seeking a people centric individual who is compassionate traumainformed and culturally aware to join the organization as a Shelter Advocate II.
Under general supervision maintain a clean safe and secure environment for clients by providing referral information on a wide variety of topics including housing employment and healthcare and deescalating situations as appropriate. Check all clients for prohibited items prior to their entry into the facility. Communicate information regarding clients and programmatic concerns both in writing and verbally to other staff. Ensure that rules and policies are enforced consistently.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provide high quality customer service to all persons by completing all applicable client requests.
- Be vigilant of the facilities safety and security by utilizing conflict resolution and deescalation skills to defuse crisis situations as required.
- Responsible for promptly and accurately collecting entering managing and reporting of client data into systems of record.
- Respond to and submit incident reports for all instances of chemical abuse theft threats and violations of program rules.
- Serve as a Mandated Reporter.
- Complete regular rounds checking all exits fire doors and safety equipment as well as monitoring residents activities in common areas to ensure safety and security.
- May drive van and/or administer breathalyzers as required for program.
- Assist supervisor/manager with program development facility operations and other responsibilities.
- Assist with mentoring and positionspecific training as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum of 1 one year of relevant experience.
- Ability to work with lowincome populations including those who may be experiencing homelessness unstable housing and/or mental illness required.
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Ability to accurately enter data into computer system for reporting purposes.
- Must be 21 years of age and successfully pass a criminal and a Department of Human Services background check if required by program license.
JOB CLASSIFICATION: Regular; FullTime; Salaried; Exempt
Catholic Charities is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Description Updated:1/30/2025
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all functions that are required of the employee for this job.
Employment Type
Full-Time
